Improvement in shelf attachments for cooking-stoves



G. HAYNER. 1 Shelf Attachment for Cooking-Stoves.

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GEORGE HAYNER, OF LANSINGBURG, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHELF ATTACHMENTS FOR COOKING-STVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 207,807, datedSeptember 10, 1878; application filed August 20, 1578.

To all whom it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HAYNER, of

Lansingburg, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Rod, Rack and ShelfAttachments for Cooking-Stoves and Ranges, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. iShelves, rods, or racks have been heretofore detachably secured byvarious devices to or upon the overhanging portion of the top plates ofcooking-stoves or ranges; and my present invention relates to a certainnew and cheap device for that purpose, which does not require anyalteration in, or permanent addition to, the stove or range, nor the useof any screw-clamp, and which is attached and applied only to the outerportion of the top plate.

One part of this invention consists of a rod, shelf, or rack having atone side rigid lateral arms formed with upwardly-projecting end lugs,adapted to embrace the downwardlyextended rim of the ordinaryoverhanging portion of the top plate of a cooking-stove or range, andalso having upper arms pivoted to and so as to turn horizontally uponthe said rod, shelf, or rack, and tightly over the upper surface of theoverhanging part of the said top plate, so as to thereby secure thc saidlugs of the lower arms upon the downwardly-extending rim of the topplate, and thus firmly fasten to the top plate the said rod, shelf, orrack, in such manner that. the latter can be in a moment detached bymerely turning the said pivoted upper arms horizontally off from overthe top plate.

As regards the aforesaid part .of this invention, the lower arms of thesaid attachment can be cast or formed in one and the same piece of metalwith the rod, rack, or shelf; but a further part of this inventionconsists in constructing the lower arms in separate pieces from the rod,shelf, or rack, and forming and securing them together substantially ashereinafter described, whereby the attachment can be made at a muchcheaper rate, and better, than by casting the rod, rack, or shelf andlower arms all in one piece.

In the aforesaid drawing, Figures l and 2 are plans of two of myimproved attachments secured upon the ovcrhanging part of a portion ofthe top plate of a cooking-stove or range. Fig. 3 is a plan of the samerod attachment shown in Fig. l removed from the top plate, and incondition to be secured thereto. Fig. 4 is an end elevation, on a largerscale, of the same rod attachment secured to the overhanging portion ofthe top plate of a stove or range, the same as in Fig. l. Figs. 5 and 6are end elevations, partly in section, of modifications of the same rodattachment; and Figs. 7, S, 9, and 1 0 are perspective views of detachedparts of the same.

A is a rod, rack, or shelf, and B B are lower arms extending rigidlytherefrom at one side, and each having two upwardly-projecting lugs, cc', adapted to embrace and t upon the ordinary downwardly-extended rim,Z, of the overhanging portion of the top plate, X, of a range orcooking-stove, substantially as shown in Fig. 4. D D are upperarms,`secured by pivots e to the said rod, rack, or shelf A, and adaptedto be turned laterally thereon away from over the arms B B or the topplate, X, as indicated by dotted lines w fw in Figs. l and 2, and infull lines in Fig. 3, so as to permit the lugs c c to be placed upon therim Z, as shown in Fig. 4, and removed therefrom, as in Fig. 3, and alsoadapted to be turned back tightly over and upon the top plate, X, whilethe lugs c c embrace the rim Z, as in Fig. 4, and thereby secure therod,rack, or shelf A to the outer portion of the top plate with sufficientrmness for practical use.

In carrying out this invention, I commonly prefer to make the rod, rack,or shelf A by casting it of cast-iron, and afterward coating it withenamel or nickel-plating when desired; and it is evident that the arms BB,with their lugs c o', can be cast in one and the same piece with therod, rack, or shelf. I generally prefer, however, to cast the rod, rack,or shelf A and the arms B B separate, and the rod, shelf, or rack withrecesses j', Figs. 9 and 10, and the arms B with ends Vg, Fig. 8,adapted to t into the recesses f, and both with coincident perforatons h7L', and fasten them together by screw-bolts t', Fig. 5, or rivet-boltsi, Fig. 6, extending through the said perforations It h in the arms Band part A, and

through sockets j in the arms D, so as to pivot the latter, allsubstantially as shown in Figs. 5 and 6. I also generally prefer to makethe arms B, as Well as the arms D, of malleable cast-iron, so that thelugs c e thereon can be bent to t upon somewhat different-shapeddownwardly-extending rims of the top plates of various cooking-stovesand ranges. Also, in carrying out this invention, I sometimes prefer tomake the part A in the form of a rack, consisting of two, three, or moreparallel rods united at their ends by cross-bars, as indicated by dottedlines at v in Fig. 3.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The rod, rack, or shelf, A havingthe lower arms, B B, formed with the upwardly projecting lugs c o', andthe upper arms, D D, pivoted to turn laterally upon the said rod, rack,or shelf, substantially as described.

2. rIhe rod, rack, or shelf A, having the arms D D pivoted thereto, andthe arms B B, formed with lugs c c' and separate from the said rod,rack, or shelf', and secured to the latter by fastening devices,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses this 17th day of August, 1878.

GEORGE HAYNER.

Titnesses JAMEs H. SLADE, JAMES T. GooDFnLLoW.

